Good Buddies

On Saturday, our friends Chase, Kendra and Bryant came to visit. We all know how much Ava loves to play with other children so of course she had tons of fun with her buddy Bryant. Here are a couple pictures of their fun times together.

Happy Valentines Day!!!

Ava wanted to send all of you her love on Valentines Day!

XOXOXOXOXOX

Medieval Times

On Saturday we went for an early Valentines Day dinner to Medieval Times with our friends Todd and Jennifer. We had a great time and enjoyed cheering for our black and white knight (hence the goofy crowns).

Our Little Ski Bunny

At the beginning of February we took our annual family trip to hit the ski slopes in Utah. We were very excited as this would be Ava's second year going and we couldn't wait to see how she would react to all the snow. At the ski resort they have a great child care center, so Nick and I decided to check it out. We walked in and Ava began to squeal with delight! She couldn't believe all the toys and she was even more excited at the prospect of playing with some kids her age. So we signed her up and she walked off...without looking back at us. Nick and I were shocked and relieved at the same time, as this was her first experience staying with someone she didn't know.

So the adults hit the slopes while Ava played, napped and ate lunch without us. After we finished skiing we picked her up (don't worry she did smile when she saw us) and played in the snow. At first she was unsure how to walk in all her snow gear, but she quickly figured it out. She kept saying bubbles...and wanted Papa Guy to throw them (the snow) in his own face. Well of course he did and she giggled non stop. After skiing Ava found time to enjoy a good book. We had a wonderful time skiing and we can't wait until for our little ski bunny to join us on the slopes next year!

Rubber Duckie your the One

Ava has always loved her bathtime. Here are a couple pictures we took a few weeks ago of her splashing around. Her favorite thing to do during her bath is to cook something up with her Sesame Street pots and pans; and you can't forget the bath crayons...watch out Monet!

Merry Christmas 2006!

After opening up presents at our house, we headed off to Cornelia to celebrate Christmas with Mimi, Papa Guy, Uncle Kiss, Gigi and G-Paw. Little did Ava know, that after a delicious meal made by Gigi that she would get MORE gifts to open. Here

are a few highlights from our wonderful Christmas day.

Ava was

once again thrilled with everything she received.

However, her favorite part was when Gigi let her play her piano. I must admit, Ava did provide some wonderful after dinner music!

This year was truly a wonderful Christmas, especially seeing the glimmer and excitement in Ava's eyes. We hope that all of you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Christmas Morning

After such a busy Christmas Eve, Ava decided she wanted to sleep in a little. Nick and I anxiously awaited her royal highness to wake up...and after snuggling in the bed for a few minutes with us she was ready to go! Ava ran to the Christmas tree and squealed with delight! She was espcially delighted with her ice cream truck playhouse and ran right in!

She loved tearing into her gifts and really didn't know what to play with first!

Christmas Eve 2006

This year we spent Christmas Eve with the Morrow family. Here are some pictures of our fun filled day.

Before we could leave, Ava just had to play with her little people Nativity scene. She even picked up the baby Jesus and gave him a kiss before we left.

She had lots of fun opening up gifts with her Granny and Pop; and loved the baby doll they gave her and didn't want to take off her new set of shades.

She enjoyed playing with her Aunt Katie and Uncle Adam; and especially liked opening up gifts with her cousin Andy. Needless to say, Ava was quite tuckered out, and fell right asleep once we got home...but not after we set out some cookies, milk and reindeer food for Santa and Rudolph!

Wild Animal Safari

On Saturday we headed off to Pine Mountain to have a little family getaway. Ava is facinated with animals so we decided to see what the Wild Animal Safari was all about.

We decided to drive our car, instead of the Zebra striped clunkers they offer you to rent. Later on when our car was completely slimmed by animal spit we wished we had rented one of their vans!

At first Ava was a little scared. Especially since the first animal she saw was a huge cow looking think and it came up and poked his head right thru our window!

It didn't take her too long to warm up and she became very excited and screamed with delight.

Ava kept waiving her hand in front of her face saying shoo shoo. We had a great time...even though it was a little smelly!